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Don't worry. It is ok to lie to people and take advantage of their ignorance as long as it is in the name of selling overpriced goods.I think I will start labeling all of my work this way since I usually mix some reclaim into new batches of clay.

Hey, that's an interesting idea. We potters often recycle scrap. What if you kept up with it and marketed it as "recycled clay"? It might be worth mentioning somewhere or sometime. So, maybe whoever makes these for Starbucks has a source of clay scrap from somewhere. I wonder if we could find out more details.

You know, when I did the Raku workshop at Penland, Steven Forbes asked us not to use the slick colored papers in the ad sections of the newspapers for reduction because he said that clay was used to make it and it could alter the color of the glaze in reduction.... I don't know if he is still doing this, but a guy that used to be my boss is in charge of sourcing the items that Starbucks uses (like this cup)to promote themselves. If I didn't hate him, I could call and ask about that clay statement :) I don't get it though.....